Characterization and adsorption studies of Cocos nucifera L. activated carbon for the removal of methylene blue from aqueous solutions

Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2662-2667

  Sharma, Y C ^a   Uma, ^a   Sinha, A S K ^a   Upadhyay, S N ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADSORBENT DOSE; ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION CHARACTERISTIC; ADSORPTION STUDIES; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BATCH ADSORPTION EXPERIMENTS; COCOS NUCIFERA; CONTACT TIME; DYE CONCENTRATION; EQUILIBRIUM DATA; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTRA; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; ISOTHERM EQUATIONS; KINETIC DATA; METHYLENE BLUE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SECOND ORDER KINETICS; SURFACE GROUPS; SURFACE TEXTURES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDIES;

ACTIVATED CARBON; DYES; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; PORE SIZE; RATE CONSTANTS; SOLUTIONS; SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADSORPTION;

EID: 77956508082     PISSN: 00219568     EISSN: 15205134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/je900937f     Document Type: Article

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